Accessory vs. Accessary — What's the Difference?

A subordinate or supplementary item; an adjunct.

(legal) Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.

Something nonessential but desirable that contributes to an effect or result.

(legal) Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory.

(Law) One who knowingly assists a lawbreaker in the commission of a crime but does not actually participate in that crime.

Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory.

Having a secondary, supplementary, or subordinate function.

One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.

(Law) Involving the knowing assistance of a lawbreaker in the commission of a crime without actual participation in the crime.

Someone who helps another person commit a crime

Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory.

(legal) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.

Present in a minor amount, and not essential.

Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.

(fashion) An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.

(legal) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.

(art) Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.

Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.

That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate.

Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts.

Clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing

A supplementary component that improves capability

Someone who helps another person commit a crime

Relating to something that is added but is not essential;